Obion vs Union City

A side-by-side comparison of Obion and Union City: population, income, housing, and more.

Obion and Union City are places in Tennessee. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Union City has the higher population (11,040 vs 1,088 in Obion). Obion has the higher median household income ($49,018 vs $45,523 in Union City). Union City has the higher median home value ($138,400 vs $91,300 in Obion).

Population, income & housing

	Obion	Union City
Population	1,088	11,040
Median age	44.5 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$49,018	$45,523
Median home value	$91,300	$138,400
Median gross rent	$870	$732
Housing units	615	4,835
Homeownership rate	53.8%	53.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Obion	Union City
Population	1,339 → 1,088 (-18.7%)	10,424 → 11,040 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$38,824 → $49,018 (+26.3%)	$28,580 → $45,523 (+59.3%)
Median home value	$68,500 → $91,300 (+33.3%)	$96,700 → $138,400 (+43.1%)
Median gross rent	$666 → $870 (+30.6%)	$584 → $732 (+25.3%)

Obion

Population

1,3391,088

Median household income

$38,824$49,018

Median home value

$68,500$91,300

Median gross rent

$666$870

Union City

Population

10,42411,040

Median household income

$28,580$45,523

Median home value

$96,700$138,400

Median gross rent

$584$732

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Obion	Union City
Under 5	3.5%	6.6%
5 to 17	18.3%	20.2%
18 to 24	11.1%	8.2%
25 to 34	9.9%	14.0%
35 to 44	8.0%	15.0%
45 to 54	12.4%	9.3%
55 to 64	16.7%	10.2%
65 to 74	11.9%	9.4%
75 and over	8.1%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Obion	Union City
White (non-Hispanic)	84.3%	63.3%
Black or African American	5.1%	22.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	6.5%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	9.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Obion	Union City
No high school diploma	14.4%	15.2%
High school graduate	53.4%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Obion	Union City
Drove alone	84.9%	81.9%
Carpooled	6.0%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	3.4%	3.4%
Other means	4.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Obion	Union City
1-unit, detached	82.8%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	16.2%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	4.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Obion	Union City
Poverty rate	26.5%	22.4%
Average household size	2.11	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	25	17
Median year structure built	1975	1969